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201. Re: [CBQ] [EarlyRail] Photo: Simple Weathering Project - CB&Q Boxcar 12138 (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:33:39 -0500
Leo, It very well could be. I've attached the 1909 Sanborn maps for the area and the track work in the photo appears to match those on panel 48. In the early-mid 1960s, the Q built a brand new freigh
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-06/msg00114.html (14,441 bytes)

202. [CBQ] North Kansas City freight house (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:55:12 -0500
Leo asked yesterday about other CB&Q freight houses in the Kansas City area. In doing research for a local layout in the BN era, the city of North Kansas City was kind enough to provide me a CD of ae
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-06/msg00123.html (10,507 bytes)

203. Re: [CBQ] North Kansas City freight house (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:41:50 -0500
Bill, The BN railroad guys I know just call it 10th Street. The BN Intermodal yard was there prior to being closed at the BNSF merger when everything was moved to the Santa Fe side at Argentine. For
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-06/msg00135.html (11,819 bytes)

204. Re: [CBQ] Photo Location? (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:09:03 -0500
Louis, I doubt this is Murray Yard. Because the yard is under the landing pattern of the Kansas City Downtown Airport (which in the Q era was the main airport), there would have been beacons on the t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-06/msg00178.html (13,506 bytes)

205. Re: [CBQ] Waycar as test lab (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:28:23 -0500
If you do not have it, get Linn Westcott's book about John Allen and the G&D. I've read it several times. A lot of the modeling and concepts still stand up today. And as I looked over the plan again
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-05/msg00045.html (15,736 bytes)

206. [CBQ] New Walthers HO Scale Jordan Spreader (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 09:14:22 -0500
I received a notice from Walthers yesterday that they have announced another run of their HO Scale Jordan Spreaders due this fall. There is a CB&Q version: <https://www.walthers.com/jordan-spreader-r
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-05/msg00084.html (10,573 bytes)

207. Re: [CBQ] Locations? (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 11:18:15 -0500
Dave, The bottom picture of 9123 is at Peoria in July 1963. There is a color photo of it by Richard Wilhelm in Al Holck's Burlington Route Color Pictorial Vol. 2 on p13 (it looks to be nearly the sam
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-05/msg00155.html (12,310 bytes)

208. Re: [CBQ] Numbering of Burlington passenger trains (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 20:14:06 -0500
Train 43 in 1951 left Kansas City at 6:30 pm arriving St. Joseph at 8:05 pm. Bus connection at Beverly for Leavenworth. Motorcar connection at Armour for Atchison. Train 43 then ran via Table Rock to
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-05/msg00185.html (14,084 bytes)

209. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q boxcar identification (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:44:48 -0500
Ed, There were three series of boxcars by the early-mid 1960s in the 7000 series. Each were forty foot boxcars. They were dwindling rapidly in the early 1960s. This is what I have from my own collect
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-03/msg00063.html (14,591 bytes)

210. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q "Bomber Boxcar" (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:01:22 -0500
Resin Car Works is in the process of moving the historical site sunshinekits.com to their web site. However, using the Internet Wayback machine, you can access the old site. Here is the link to the S
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-03/msg00084.html (16,996 bytes)

211. Re: [CBQ] Wyoming IL information (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:26:56 -0600
James, The Sanborn maps I have access to have been updated through 1926. But that still is not much help and doesn't answer your questions. The early-mid 1950s Q Public Timetables show Monday-Friday
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-02/msg00108.html (13,371 bytes)

212. Re: [CBQ] GP 40's with white number boards (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:43:17 -0600
Randy, On the three quarter photo in Al Holck's book, it looks like there is a very small flag on the 1 on the number board. You have use a magnifying glass to see it. There is definitely a flag on t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-02/msg00173.html (13,009 bytes)

213. Re: [CBQ] GP 40's with white number boards (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:53:45 -0600
The one I referenced yesterday, Al Holck's Burlington Route Color Pictorial Volume 2, where there a picture of 631 with white number boards on p78. Al also did Volume 1 (both by Four Ways West) and T
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-02/msg00176.html (16,447 bytes)

214. Re: [CBQ] FW: ORER research (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:03:29 -0600
Rupert, I have about 8 of these from various years in the 1950s and 1960s. It's been my impression from looking at the CB&Q listings of each that they only showed equipment the CB&Q was willing to al
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-02/msg00177.html (13,695 bytes)

215. Re: [CBQ] What is it? (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:49:31 -0600
There was one at an auction in the Kansas City area in December. So they do show up. Bill Hirt On 2/23/2020 3:45 PM, Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io wrote: February 23, 2020 Ken - Bryan's correct.  The
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-02/msg00198.html (12,895 bytes)

216. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Valuation 1927 and corporate history (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:13:03 -0600
Rupert, I was able to download the file and save it to my computer as a PDF file (it is a 50.2 mb file). Maybe it's a restriction to non-U.S. users? Bill Hirt On 2/28/2020 12:12 AM, Rupert Gamlen wro
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-02/msg00205.html (12,388 bytes)

217. Re: [CBQ] CBQ XM-8 - 1967-87 Paint Scheme Question (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:24:05 -0600
To add to Rupert's information, there were only 57 left in the July 1963 ORER out of an original class of 1500. Nine cars were listed in the January 1966 ORER. Since they were built in 1925, I would
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-01/msg00096.html (14,300 bytes)

218. Re: [CBQ] NE-10 Waycar Questions (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:34:47 -0600
The book being referred to is Waycars of the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy RR by Dan Holbrook and Steven Lorenz. The publisher was Prototype Modeler magazine and has been long out of print. The photo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-01/msg00106.html (15,346 bytes)

219. Re: [CBQ] Forget "Everywhere West"... How About "Everywhere North"? (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:08:18 -0600
Just before the merger, the Q had run through agreements with Erie-Lackawanna, Penn Central (both former NYC and PRR lines) and Union Pacific. If you have the operating data sheets book published by
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-01/msg00136.html (13,299 bytes)

220. Re: [CBQ] Forget "Everywhere West"... How About "Everywhere North"? (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:08:03 -0600
Canada Southern ran across southern Ontario between Detroit and Buffalo. It was originally leased to the Michigan Central and then subleased in 1929 to the New York Central (which controlled the Mich
/archives/BRHSLIST/2020-01/msg00160.html (14,274 bytes)

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